which disc brake

nickbrown_500

Hi im looking at upgrading my disc brakes,
im looking at getting a 180mm rotor on front and 160mm rotor on back
the riding i do is the all mountain type stuff or whatever u call it,

does anyone have any suggestions which brakes to get, looking at hydraulic discs,
prices upto 200.00 each

cheers

Mr bump

Thats a good budget. I would say probably Avid's or Hayes? Recomend you try www.chainreactioncycles.com they have a very good range and i think they have a sale on too. So you could grab a bargin.

nickbrown_500

Yeah they have a sale on, was starting to look at avid juicy carbon,
or they have got formula oro k24 rear with a formula extreme front

any help will be appriciated

jayson

Im fiercly patriotic so for my money i would go for these from CRC, its a very good deal for the money and the performance is second to none.

Mr bump

Nice brakes! and lets not forget british too!

Andy

Shimano XTR M970 are the best brakes i've ever used and they are 99.99 each on CRC.

Those would be my recommendation.

saracen blitz chris

jayson wrote:

Im fiercly patriotic so for my money i would go for these from CRC, its a very good deal for the money and the performance is second to none.

i second those! they are brilliant! the performance is great!

Splasher

jayson wrote:

Im fiercly patriotic so for my money i would go for these from CRC, its a very good deal for the money and the performance is second to none.

They're 200 front, 180 rear (when the OP wants 180/160) and heavy to boot. Note how they only get 4/5 in the review.

I'd look at these http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Kits ... elID=18984 (note 12 reviews and all 5/5) including this one:

"Anonymous from United Kingdom 12 May 2007 11:18
Up to now Ive always used Hope brakes but they need a lot of attention and I thought Id pay a bit more and get these. NO COMPARISON!! This brake is awesome!! From a 180mm rotor I get stunnuing power, brilliant feel all the way up to the grip point, dead light, so easy to put on, and best of all I have never had to touch them since I fitted them! Best brakes Ive ever had or used or tried! "

When all said and done the Triumph TR7 was british, I'd still rather have a Ferrari.

nicklouse

Formula Oros. any of them.

nickbrown_500

i am starting to go towards the
formula oros
or
avid juicy carbon

Mr bump

Avid juicy carbons are great.

Andy

Having used the Juicy Carbons and M960 XTR the Shimano get my vote every time.

digdug

nickbrown_500 wrote:

Hi im looking at upgrading my disc brakes,
im looking at getting a 180mm rotor on front and 160mm rotor on back
[colour=red]the riding i do is the all mountain type stuff or whatever u call it[/red]

does anyone have any suggestions which brakes to get, looking at hydraulic discs,
prices upto 200.00 each

cheers

You don't even know your style of riding, yet your willing to spend £400 on hydraulic brakes alone?

Sounds like a case of more money than sense to me.

What brakes do you currently own? What bike is it for?

shin0r

Before blowing huge amounts on brakes it would be pertinent to work out what sort of riding you're doing. There's not really any point in attaching huge moto-x style brakes to a lightweight XC bike; it would be like buying a Range Rover to drive to Tesco with (although a lot of t***ers do) - all you'd be doing is carrying extra weight, making the ride more difficult for yourself, for very little performance gain.

Splasher

That's where the Oros score - light enough for XC, but powerful enough for Greg Minnaar to use on this DH bike.

You don't have to be pigeon holed into one style of riding.

nferrar

I'd look at the new Formula model (One?) or even wait for reviews on the new Hayes Stroker range if you have that much cash to spend